Dust-pan.



No. 866,915. PATBNTED SEPT. 24, 1907. o. A. GHRISTOPHERSON.

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OLE A. OHRISTOPHERSON, OF RIVERTON, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCLINTON P. ADAMS, OF RIVERTON, WASHINGTON.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 24, 1907 Application filed September 17,1906. Serial No.334,957.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE A. CHms'roPHERsoN; a citi- Zen of the UnitedStates, residing at Riverton, in the county of King and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust-Pans, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspectiveview of a dust pan embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation ofthe same when in position upon the floor to receive the sweepings; andFig. 3,a similar view of the device to show the position the pan properwill assume when supported by the handle.

The objects of this invention are, first, to produce a pan which may bereliably held by the operator in position to receive the fioor-sweepingswithout the necessity of her stooping down, as is common; second, toprovide the pan with inclined, or sloping side walls, so that thecollected dirt and dust will be directed into the pocket at the rearwithout the same being scattered; third; to connect the handle with thepan in such manner that when raised thereby the latter will be suspendedin a tilted condition with the closed rear end lowermost and thusprevent the spilling of the contained dust; and, finally, to make thedevice of such inexpensive and substantial construction as to be withinthe means of people in ordinary circumstances and retain its proper formunder continued and hard usage.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novelconstruction and adaptation of parts as will now be described andparticularly pointed out in the following claims.

According to my invention, the pan proper is formed of sheet metal andis comprised of a quadrilateral bottom 5 with its front and back edgesparallel, a forwardly sloping back-wall 6, and side-walls 7 which slopeinwardly and arranged to converge toward the rear. The bottom 5 isprovided with a bend 8 in proximity of its forward edge to provide aninclined front lip 9 and also have the bottom therebehind slopeoppositely. Within the rent ering angle 10 thus formed is fixedlysecured, as by soldering, a rod 11 to prevent the distortion of thebottom and furnish additional support thereto when the pan is presseddown upon the floor. I

12 represents a handle which is connected with the side walls by a bail13 desirably formed of wire which is doubled and bent to provide a tang14 which is inserted in an axial hole in the handle, thence the parts ofthe bail are spread, as shown in Fig. 1, and have their extremitiesprotruded through apertures 16in the side walls. These apertures arelocated in front of the center of gravity of the pan to cause the latterwhen raised by the handle to be tilted backwardly, as represented inFig. 3. The bail ends, in proximity of their extremities, are bent orcoiled, as at 17, to form stops adapted through the resiliency of thewire to be pressed against the inner surfaces of the side walls andprevent the accidental withdrawal of the extremities from saidapertures.

In practice I have always manufactured the pan proper of a single pieceof sheet metal by cutting a blank and folding the same to overlap at theback and then securing the same by rivets.

In operating the device, the pan is held firmly against the floor bypressure exerted through the handle which is grasped by one hand of theoperator whereupon the accumulated dirt in front of the pan is sweptinto the same by a broom controlled with the other hand. The pan beingcharged with the sweepings is then raised with the handle and therebycarried, as before explained, in an inclined position to the place ofemptying and which can be readily accomplished by lowering the device tocause the back end of the bottom to come in contact with someobstruction, as the edge of an ash barrel, when by further lowering thehandle the dirt is dumped through the forward tilting of the pan. Whereit is desired to empty the dirt into a stove it can be done withoutspilling any upon the stove top by taking hold of the pan with the righthand and tipping it sidewise so that the dirt will be poured out at oneof the angles between the bottom and a side wall.

The invention is extremely simple and perfectly adapted to accomplishthe purpose for which intended.

What I claim, is-

l. A dust pan formed from a single blank of metal, bent to form a fiatbottom of trapezoidal form, the longer parallel side thereof forming thefront edge of the pan, side walls bent up from the two inclined sides ofthe bottom, the rear portions of the side walls extending beyond thebottom at the rear of the panand being bent over, overlapped, andconnected together to form a fiat rear wall for the pan which slopes tomeet the shorter parallel side of the bottom at the rear of the pan. I

A dust pan formed from a single blank of metal, bent to form a flatbottom of trapezoidal form, the longer palallel side thereof forming thefront edge of thepan, side walls bent up from the two inclined sides ofthe bottom, the rear portions of the side walls extending beyond thebottom at the rear of the pan and being bent over, overlapped, andconnected together to form a fiat rear wall for the pan which slopes tomeet the shorter parallel side of the bottom at the rear of the pan anda rear extension bent up from said shorter side of the bottom and foldeddown upon and connected to said rear wall to reinforce the same and forma tight joint between said rear wall and bottom.

In testimony whereof I :iflix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

OLE A. CI-IRISTOPHERSON.

Witnesses:

Pinnrn BARNES, C. P. ADAMS.

